BIG BIG MISTAKE. You are voluntarily and intentionally throwing yourself to a den of one huge hungry lion.

To expose a narcissist is like forcefully snatching the “security blanket” from a baby. For the Narcissist this security blanket Is called “The Mask”..This can frighten the Narc to the core, bc they DON’T want you to see who they really are..While you may feel justified in frightening a Narc, it’s not wise, because they are very dangerous..They can be unpredictable and won’t hesitate to do the unthinkable.

The Narc may see this exposure as a threat or perceive it as a “Narcissistic Injury”..This May cause the Narc to begin to rage(Narcissistic rage)…If this happens RUNNNNN AND DONT LOOK BACK. The Narc can go to the extreme of abusing you physically, verbally, and emotionally. Like a hungry lion, he would attempt to tear you apart without hesitation.

The best idea is to totally remove yourself from the situation, refuse to react to any of their outrageous attacks, and allow them to expose themselves. If one can put their pride aside for the short term, the narc will ALWAYS expose themselves in the long term. This also applies to malignant borderlines.

Not only that, but they will lie, run to mutual friends. They do not stop. They love to ruin lives. Others will not see this. They will see you as being the bad one.

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Same goes for psychopaths.

Same goes for the narcissistic psychopath for a narcissist do not have to be a psychopath.

Resilience: the stronger you are as a person, the more they may resent you and may try to emotionally hurt you. So, resilience is often learned in childhood for survival. When you show them that you keep bending, regardless of how much they try to break you, this backfires on them and hits them in their most vulnerable spot: their Ego. Thus, anyone showing strength in character or resilience is targeted for sabotage.

Honesty: Narcissists live in a world of make believe and lies where they’re ‘perfect’ and everyone in their world has to be too, or they’re discarded. When people are honest around them, some of that honesty is bound to ‘rub them the wrong way’ by threatening their Ego. Honesty is their nemesis; it attacks their facade, their image, their lies, and the smear campaigns they employ against those who’ve called them out on the bullshit.

Trust: Toxic personalities don’t trust. Anyone. In their eyes, everyone has an agenda and an angle, most of all…they do. Trust is the polar opposite of surival. Someone who’s been raised to surive may refuse to give up that sense of control over their lives in exchange for vulnerability, trust. Trust = betrayal.

Love: The whole point of getting into a relationship with someone is to think they are going to love you in return, not lovebomb you, at least that’s what we learn. But, everything goes sideways somewhere along the way. That the relationship is about buiding a future, not future-faking. And that they care about you, not what you do for them. Toss this all out of the window when dealing with a narcissistic person. They lack a desire to learn love – not because they ‘can’t’ love, but because they don’t want to.

Vulnerability: Tied into love, commitment, intimacy, honesty, trust and resilience is The Biggest Achilles’ Heel of all: vulnerability. To a toxic person, vulnerability is seen as weak, stupid, ugly, dumb, clingy, neurotic, needy, and insecure. On the contrary, vulnerability is strength, self-love, self-awareness, love for another, and empowerment.